How Colombia plans to combat paramilitary groups, and their ties to politics and the military
How Colombia plans to combat paramilitary groups, and their ties to politics and the military
written by Adriaan Alsema August 9, 2016
Colombia will implement a number of far-stretching measures that seek to cut and prevent ties between the state, private enterprises and paramilitary groups if a deal with leftist FARC rebels is reached.
The purpose is to curb the use of illegal armed groups in labor or political disputes, currently perpetrated by a new generation paramilitary groups.
According to the latest accord on security protocols for a post-FARC Colombia, the government vowed to create a number of elite units in both the Government, the National Police and the Prosecutor General’s Office that will be dedicated to combating these groups.
The latest generation of politically active armed groups were formed by dissident paramilitaries of the AUC, the national paramilitary organization that demobilized between 2003 and 2006 when former President Alvaro Uribe was in office.
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